by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Farm/Farm & Ranch Management is the 757th most popular major in the country with 506 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 farm/farm & ranch management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in farm/farm & ranch management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in farm/farm & ranch management.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Erie College landed the #1 spot on the list. LEC is a small school located in Painesville, Ohio that handed out 8 bachelors’s farm/farm & ranch management degrees in 2021-2022.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s farm/farm & ranch management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Farm/Farm & Ranch Management at Texas Christian University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management at Texas A&M College Station
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s farm/farm & ranch management students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
With a ranking of #6, Montana State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Major list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s farm/farm & ranch management students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Farm/Farm & Ranch Management at Montana State University
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